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Nufarm launches fungicide Tamiz in Brazil

Date：Mar. 15, 2019 Category：Products

Nufarm announced on Tuesday, March 12, the start of the commercialization in Brazil of the new systemic fungicide Tamiz. As the company's third launch this year...

Tags:Fungicides Nufarm Azoxystrobin Tebuconazole
Brazilian farmers optimistic about their 2018/19 safrinha corn

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Markets

The full-season corn in Brazil is approximately 60% harvested and the safrinha corn planting is nearly complete. The safrinha corn acreage is estimated at 12.5 ...
TMG obtained patent for method of controlling soybean rust in Brazil

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Products

Still considered the soybean's most destructive foliar disease, Asian soybean rust, which entered Brazil around 2003/2004, caused almost untold losses to the na...
South America – An Important Agricultural Region for the Future

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview
Verdant Partners LLC

With vast land availability, rich water resources, and a relatively small population, the South American continent will remain a critical and growing region for...

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Red Surcos prepares to launch first fungicide with nanotechnology in South America

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Products

Red Surcos - the largest manufacturer of agrochemicals in Argentina - is preparing to introduce the first fungicide with nanotechnology in South America. The pr...

Tags:Azoxystrobin Tebuconazole
Peru Appointed New Minister of Agriculture

Date：Mar. 13, 2019 Category：Markets

Fabiola Martha Muñoz Dodero, assumed on March 11, 2019 the position of Minister of Agriculture, in replacement of the engineer Gustavo Eduardo Mostajo Ocola, a...
End of tax rebate may raise Brazilian agri-input prices by 7.6%

Date：Mar. 13, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The ICMS Agreement No. 100/1997, a covenant that reduces by 60% the Tax on the Circulation of Goods and Services (ICMS) in the operations of agricultural inputs...
Chile releases sterile insects to control fruit flies

Date：Mar. 13, 2019 Category：Markets

The Chilean Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) is testing the use of sterile insects to control fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata) - one of the most feared ...
Verde AgriTech appoints new CFO and provides sales update

Date：Mar. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

Verde AgriTech Plc (TSX: NPK) ("Verde” or the “Company”) appointed Felipe Buscacio Paolucci as the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).

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InCeres, AGCO and Tecgraf launch Farm Solutions, a portfolio for precision agriculture

Date：Mar. 12, 2019 Category：Companies
AGCO

InCeres, a startup that specializes in solutions for digital agriculture, is taking another big step towards consolidating its partnership program. InCeres has...

Tags:Precision Farming
Brazilian state creates group to decide future use of 2,4-D

Date：Mar. 11, 2019 Category：Markets

The Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul established a working group to decide the future use of herbicide 2,4-D in the region of Southern Brazil. The s...

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Planthopper capable of transmitting severe coconut disease discovered in Sergipe, Brazil

Date：Mar. 11, 2019 Category：Science&Research

In Sergipe, researchers have discovered a new species of planthopper capable of hosting the causative agent of Lethal Yellowing Disease of Coconut (LYD), a seri...
Adama Brasil announced new appointments

Date：Mar. 8, 2019 Category：Companies
ADAMA Brasil

ADAMA Brasil announces that, as of April 1, Alexandre Pires, current Business Director of the Southern Region of Brazil, will assume the position of Marketing D...

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"Biological control needs to become well known in Brazil" - Interview with Koppert do Brasil

Date：Mar. 8, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Jaqueline Antonio, Koppert do Brasil's Communication and Marketing Manager, spoke exclusively to AgroPages about the goals of the company's new web portal, intr...
Ubyfol invests more than R$30 million to expand presence in Brazilian vegetable nutrition market

Date：Mar. 8, 2019 Category：Companies

The vegetable nutrition market is one of the disputed segments of the Brazilian agribusiness. According to the most recent annual report of Abisolo (Brazilian A...
Whitefly resistant to insecticides found in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Date：Mar. 7, 2019 Category：Markets

For the first time, researchers detected the presence of the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) of the Q biotype in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Considered to be invasive in Bra...

Tags:Resistance
Agrivalle launches microbiological fungicide/nematicide Shocker in Brazil

Date：Mar. 7, 2019 Category：Products

The Brazilian company Agrivalle announced the launch of its first microbiological fungicide and nematicide with a mixture of three organisms. Called "Shocker", ...
"China is highly regarded by our management" - Interview with Tereza Cristina, Brazil's new ag minister

Date：Mar. 7, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

AgroPages has exclusively interviewed the new minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil, Tereza Cristina. The nomination of the new minister of MA...
Cropchem’s Taura 200 EC registered against whitefly in Brazil

Date：Mar. 5, 2019 Category：Products
CropChem LTDA.

The insecticide Taura 200 EC is the new tool in Brazil for control of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci). The product, based on the active ingredient pyriproxyfen, was r...

Tags:Insecticides Pyriproxyfen
Specialist defends reduced taxes on production and sales of agrochemicals in Brazil

Date：Mar. 4, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Offering fiscal incentives to the agricultural pesticides industry brings innumerable benefits to the agribusiness sector. This is the position of Eduardo Loure...
Cropchem launches product against Asian rust in Brazil

Date：Mar. 1, 2019 Category：Products

Brazilian agrochemical company CropChem has announced the launch of fungicide Kazan Max 750 WG (Mancozeb). The product, registered in January 2019, is recommend...

Tags:Fungicides Soybean
Startup launches system to reduce pesticide application, save costs

Date：Mar. 1, 2019 Category：Products

Startup Eirene Solutions has introduced the intelligent Savefarm spray, which promises to save 50% to 95% of costs by reducing waste in pesticide applications. ...
Argentina, the first country in the world authorizing a Chinese soybean transgenic trait

Date：Mar. 1, 2019 Category：Regulations

February 28th. Yesterday, the Ag-Industry Secretariat published its Order 17/2019 releasing the GMO trait DBN 09004-6, that confers to the soybean crops toleran...

Tags:GM crop Soybean
Anvisa decides not to ban glyphosate in Brazil

Date：Feb. 28, 2019 Category：Regulations

The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has concluded that there is no scientific evidence to require the prohibition of glyphosate herbicide in Brazil...

Tags:Glyphosate
BASF launches Tessior System against disease-causing fungi on the vine in Argentina

Date：Feb. 28, 2019 Category：Products

BASF introduced the Tessior System this month in Argentina for the prevention of fungal diseases generated in vine pruning wounds. It is a solution that combine...

Tags:BASF Fruits and Vegetables Boscalid Pyraclostrobin
Interview: New UPL reveals plans and first step in Brazil

Date：Feb. 27, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

In announcing the completion of the merger with Arysta LifeScience, UPL Limited talked to AgroPages and unveiled its upcoming plans in Brazil. According to Marc...
Brazilian court confirms ban on the sale of agrochemicals in Mercado Livre

Date：Feb. 27, 2019 Category：Regulations

The Brazilian court ruled that it is illegal to sell agrochemicals over the Internet without agronomic prescriptions. The court decision reached the "Mercado Li...
FMC launches fungicide Rubric Max for soybean in Argentina

Date：Feb. 27, 2019 Category：Products
FMC Argentina

FMC Argentina launched the fungicide Rubric Max, which targets the end-of-cycle diseases in soybeans. These threats are emerging strongly due to abundant rains,...

Tags:FMC Launch Fungicides Soybean Azoxystrobin Epoxiconazole
Argentine seed company Satus Ager to acquire Tecnoseeds

Date：Feb. 26, 2019 Category：Companies

Argentine seed company Satus Ager signed an agreement to acquire Tecnoseeds Argentina and Brazil.
Stine Seeds speeds up its commercial strategy in Argentina

Date：Feb. 26, 2019 Category：Companies

February 25th. One of the largest and famous soybean breeding companies in the US is currently operating in Argentina, the third largest world soybean producer,...

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: Registration & Launch

FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California

FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California

: Investment & Expansion

Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
Eastman Chemical Co. to expand its Louisiana facility with $70M investment

Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
Eastman Chemical Co. to expand its Louisiana facility with $70M investment

: Collaborations & Licences

The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment

The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR

Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR

: Sales Performance

Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018

Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018

Answer

: What options/alternatives farmers in China have replacing paraquat? Are there other useful herbicdes, i.e. diquat, glufosinate (which others) that can cover this gap? Would the replacements be related to higher costs as well? What crop protection startegies would farmers adapt replacing paraquat?

1 Like 1 AnswersSir, thanks for question. For weed control, Glyphosate and Glufosinate are the main options while many other broad spectrum herbicides also ...All

: Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All